2) a strong, sturdy walking stick. Hockomock Swamp is chalk full of peat bogs, sinkholes and quicksand (yes, for real). A walking stick serves two purposes:
(a) to check the stability of questionable ground
(b) to use as leverage/something to sit on if you find your boots sinking down into the mire

3) some decent rope

Be safe – have fun!!

]]>By: twblackhttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3512
Tue, 30 May 2006 22:49:27 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3512I am a hunter and I never go into the woods unarmed. Personal protection should be at the top of any list. GPS is another thing I would highly recomend the days of the compass is past and GPS is very cheap for the advid outdoorsman.
]]>By: Jeremy_Wellshttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3511
Mon, 29 May 2006 08:06:24 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3511re: #6
Not that I come down on the “kill” side of things. But since you asked, and since in areas remote enough to support BF, one might also encounter large predators too.
I’d imagine anything that would bring down a bear. Actually even anything that you could use on a deer. A .30-06, .35 Remington, .30-30. I’d want something with knock down power like that as opposed to a .270. I’d just sacrifice that extra range because you aren’t going to need that so much if you are just trying to protect yourself.
I’d say a .12 guage slug would probably do the trick too.
]]>By: Jack D.http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3510
Fri, 26 May 2006 23:25:02 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3510A buddy. Not a good idea to go alone. A cell phone.
]]>By: Tabitcahttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3509
Fri, 26 May 2006 23:11:29 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3509I was wondering about the age of people who read the Blogs..it’s just all this talk of guns worries me.We wouldn’t want to influence any teenagers to go off bigfoot hunting with guns.If they panic they might shoot each other by mistake.I know we don’t have the same ease with guns as the states but I was brought up in a hunting, shooting , fishing family so had to learn to shoot birds etc. I still feel ill at ease though at all the gun talk…
]]>By: fuzzyhttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3508
Fri, 26 May 2006 14:31:42 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3508CRYPTO RE-THINK:
GUNS & GEAR

Deer in our area vanish when Hunting Season opens. How could they know?

The mob of crows ornamenting treetops across the pasture behind our home erupt in alarm the minute I step over the wire fence into the pasture with a long-range rifle in my hands.

They control their reaction until I walk halfway across the field when I am empty-handed, but wearing a shorter-range scope-mounted .22 Magnum Six-gun on my hip. Still, they fly.

When I am totally unarmed, I can stroll right into the trees below the crows before they even stir.

So maybe it is US radiating a combination of threat attitude and behavior that alerts the native fauna?

I notice I unconciously switched from “walk” to “stroll” in describing my approaches above ~ what if I had tried it with a rifle-shaped stick, or an empty cylinder in the handgun (but what about the 20 rounds in the belt ~ no immediate threat there, but still…).

What if I had walked across the field backwards, or in a clown outfit, accompanied by my tiny granddaughter? What if her mother came along, in a dress, carrying flowers? What if we carried a transistor radio, playing Mozart? Rock & Roll? Rap?

And how can we effectively deal with it? What kind of expedition would it be without any conceiveably threatening gear at all?

]]>By: lamarkablehttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3507
Fri, 26 May 2006 14:28:21 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3507There has to be a very large disclaimer and warning in all this. You do so at your own risk. Your safety-the safety of others comes before what field gear to bring. I understand it a fascinating pursuit but thats exactly what it is- a hunt. Before even putting on your shoes, consider this. How close do you come to the flame before you get burned?The air of danger can be addictive-so can the sense that one is participating in something larger than oneself. This should never be under any circumstances a solo venture. This is not a movie or a game-its very real.
]]>By: fuzzyhttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3506
Fri, 26 May 2006 00:31:39 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3506Indications are that S’quatch can see in pitch black, which prob’ly means they can see infra-red Nite Vision Illuminators.

They also seem to be capable of broadcasting a super-low (or perhaps super-high, or some combination or harmonic?) frequency blast which creates “instant fear” in some (not all) nearby creatures!

So who knows what frequencies or sounds or smells or other sensory signals they can detect ~ and even simple batteries radiate!

That leaves us with manual film cameras, windup watches, matches and candles, paper maps, whispers and whistles…and rocks!

But when you realize that most S’quatch encounters are witnessed by totally unprepared folks who have almost no hi-tech gear on them, maybe that ain’t so bad. Probably wouldn’t get to use it, anyway!

Don’t wear clothing with any kind of scent. Don’t use scented soap. Don’t use any kind of deodorant or lotion/aftershave.

Bigfoot can smell you a mile away.

I have an extensive theoretical plan drawn up, based on my own excursions in search of the Thylacine & mystery big cats down here in Australia. I also worked as a hunter for CALM for some years. The best thing you can do is clad yourself in unworked hides or skins, if you want to get close to your cryptid quarry. I’m telling you that even a kangaroo can smell your Brut & the chemicals in your acrylic-cotton shirts from a kilometer away. A creature adapted to stealth & avoidance, more so.

Don’t take anything but the barest essentials. Even extensive electronic equipment may be a no-no, as we don’t know what kind of EM fields they give off or whether animals are sensitive to these. Any wireless or transmitting device is giving off not only EM radiation in a quite significant amount, but is making *noise* at subsonic & ultrasonic frequencies that humans, particularly older humans, cannot hear.

]]>By: lamarkablehttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/what-to-bring/comment-page-1/#comment-3504
Thu, 25 May 2006 22:58:01 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cryptid-hunting-what-to-bring-along/#comment-3504Knowing what to do if I found one. Indispensible. Have fun kids.
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